Company Man Company Man
Martin Duberman's biography of Lincoln Kirstein is a case study of the relationship between art and power.
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lynn Garafola
The Improbable Moralist The Improbable Moralist
Leonard Michaels's fiction captured his evolution from sex-obsessed misogyny to self-identified moralism.
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Phillip Lopate
Iraq’s Founding Mother Iraq’s Founding Mother
A biography of Gertrude Bell investigates the woman who created Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
Persian Ghosts Persian Ghosts
The complex historical tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are not enough to explain the current crisis in the Middle East.
Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing
The Sopranos’ Last Song The Sopranos’ Last Song
With an ominous sense of foreboding, Tony Soprano takes his last drive down the Jersey Turnpike, after seven seasons and 86 bloody, sexy, curse-ridden episodes.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Good News From Romania? Good News From Romania?
12:08 East of Bucharest is a hilariously bleak film set on the sixteenth anniversary of Romania's revolution.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
There Is No Natural Death There Is No Natural Death
In the Iliad, there is no natural death--
everything comes about by intent
as if the pulse and very breath
we take were something meant
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
Chinese Mirrors Chinese Mirrors
China has become like Israel: No matter the party, no matter the leader, the US government will defend its actions.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Farewell, Tony and Carm Farewell, Tony and Carm
As we begin our final hour with Tony Soprano and his two families, it's hard not to feel a familiar sense of loss.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Our Future Is In Your Hands Our Future Is In Your Hands
A cultural icon advises Gettysburg College graduates that social disengagement puts at risk everything unique and idealistic about our way of life.
Jun 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Harold Prince